A review by venysnizel
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

2.0

I don’t really get the hype about this book. I’d seen the movie, so I went into it with what I thought was relative knowledge of the story. While it was great for its strong characterization of Eleanor, I feel like for a short book, it was a daunting read. I usually knock out 500 page books in a day. This was 182 pages and took me two weeks to get through. The last twenty pages were definitely more fast paced and interesting, but as a whole, I feel like the book built up a lot of anticipation and suspense for something that never really manifested. The ending fell flat for me and just left me feeling kind of robbed.